Official Princeton Rd Decisions

sucharita · April 4, 2005, 4:15am

thank you so much all you guys! I look forward to getting to know you in September 2005!

off to drool over the package :)

This is the happiest day of my life- the culmination of four years worth of dreams…thank you CC for seeing me through it :)

e1dj86 · April 4, 2005, 4:27am

congratz sucharita!!!

sucharita · April 4, 2005, 4:40am

Now that I have regained some semblance of sanity, I will post my stats. :)

Decision:ACCEPTED

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT:800V 800M
[] SAT IIs:Math 2C 760, Physics 800, Writing 800
[] GPA: I have no clue but I did consistently well in school despite the Cs in Bio
[] Rank:N/A top 10% though
[] Other stats:Couple of national awards for creative writing, 6-7 years of Kathak (Indian classical dance) guitar, and some leadership awards in school. I was involved in a lot of stuff at school but I didn’t put that stuff down because it seemed too insignificant. And I think honesty paid in my case.
Other than ECs I have a half sister who’s completing her Ph.D in Princeton. I didnt write this in my app but I mentioned it to my interviewer
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: one was the best I have ever written, the other 2 were unscintillating, the additional info was interesting
[] Teacher Recs: One was short and generic, the other was fantastic in its sheer honesty though it wasn’t undiluted praise by any means
[] Counselor Rec: Again generic but not too bad
[] Hook (if any): Nothing. Seriously
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country:India
[] School Type:Private
[] Ethnicity:Indian
[] Gender:Female
[] major strength/weakness:Strenghts-Scores and an excellent interview/Weaknesses- laundry list ECs and mediocre recs
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred:the 1600 factor, a brilliant interview and PURE DUMB LUCK[/li][/ul]Other Factors:

I’m so happy :)

PierreMarie · April 4, 2005, 5:33am

SUCHARITA!!! woooohoo!!! CONGRATS!!! man, im sooo happy for you!!! as haosquared said, “considering all the disappointments you had this week” congrats congrats congrats!!! give me your slot and financial aid grant in mount holyoke heheh just kidding btw was the package sent thru fedex? :)

CC_Admin · April 4, 2005, 5:36am

Congrats Sucharita!!! U Deserve It!

sucharita · April 4, 2005, 5:42am

thank you everyone!

off to gloat at Harvard forum :p

LOL. j/k :)

stcoleridge · April 4, 2005, 8:08am

yay sucharita! you may be my favorite person on this forum…because my school doesn’t give us mail that comes on saturday, i have to wait until later today but hopefully I will be at princeton too next fall…otherwise columbia (not bad )

shash_rao · April 4, 2005, 10:35am

Congratulaitons Sucharita. Didnt take your place after all…

Alumother · April 4, 2005, 12:09pm

Sucharita,

We know how much this meant to you. Congratulations.

Alumother

sonicyouth · April 4, 2005, 12:33pm

Decision:REJECTED

Stats:

Subjective:

<ul>
<li> Essays: thought they were good but apparently not good enough</li>
<li> Teacher Recs: great</li>
<li> Counselor Rec: dunno</li>
<li>Hook (if any): URM (SO EVERYONE WHO THINKS URMs GET A BIG BOOST, I DEFINITELY DID NOT. Rejected HYP and even waitlisted at NYU (WTH))
Location/Person:</li>
<li>State or Country:Atlanta</li>
<li>School Type:Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity:Black</li>
<li>Gender:Female</li>
<li>major strength/weakness:I am the greatest person in the world</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred:i honestly have no clue. i thought i was amazing.
Other Factors: my interviewer loved me. this makes me almost as sad as my Yale rejection.</li>
</ul>

fiveminutesaday · April 4, 2005, 2:07pm

Wow sonicyouth…compared to my stats you are amazing. Where are you going instead?

neobez · April 4, 2005, 2:41pm

rejected, finally heard today.
If you want my stats check my profile for the link.
It was expected. I’ll be a part of the Penn Class of 09, which I’m very happy about. Peace all.

sonicyouth · April 4, 2005, 3:14pm

I’m either going to Dartmouth or UNC Chapel Hill. Dartmouth was my second choice (after Yale, where I was also rejected) and Princeton was third. So I’m happy. Congrats on getting in, fiveminutes.

Zeller · April 4, 2005, 4:14pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 1600
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT IIs: 800 Writing/800 Lit/800 Math IIC
[] GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.4 W
[] Rank: 2/470
[] Other stats: APs - 5 Lang/Comp, 5 US History, 5 Psychology
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Well-written
[] Teacher Recs: Don’t know
[] Counselor Rec: Don’t know
[] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Nebraska
[] School Type: large public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] major strength/weakness: lots of community service, not much leadership
[] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Too many great applicants
[/ul]Other Factors: Great interview

I was actually pleased to be waitlisted, considering how tough the competition is, it’s a nice little affirmation. An acceptance would have been nice too, but I’m going to my first choice, Stanford, and I’m glad someone who wants pton more can get the spot.

Kelly87 · April 4, 2005, 4:31pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I: 800M, 800V
[] SAT IIs: 790 Math IIC, 780 Writing, 720 U.S. History
[] GPA: 3.94 unweighted
[] Rank: unranked (class size of 81)
[] ACT: 34 (34/34/33 Math/34)
[] APs: 5 Calculus BC, 4 Physics C Mechanics, 4 U.S. History
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: pretty good; one of the supplement essays was sort of a risk (could be really good, could be really bad)
[] Teacher Recs: didn’t read them
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t read it
[] Hook (if any): nothing
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Illinois, U.S.
[] School Type: small, private
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Major strength/weakness: well-rounded but nothing too impressive
[] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: people my from school there, and I had no hook
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[] Really short interview, rather late in the process (early March)
[] Visited campus in November
[li] Two twins from my rather small graduating class were accepted ED[/li][/ul]

momofthree · April 4, 2005, 4:36pm

Momofthree’s S:

Decision: Waitlisted, and honored to be so!
SAT I: 1510
SATII: 790, 750, 700
GPA 4.25 UW
Rank 1 of 42

Lots of leadership, EC’s etc.

akashbansal · April 4, 2005, 4:48pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 1520 770 V 750 M
[] SAT IIs: 800 Writing 800 Maths II C 780 Chemistry
[] GPA:dont know
[] Rank:Top 1% of 980

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays:Can’t say
[] Teacher Recs:Excellent
[] Counselor Rec:Excellent
[] Hook (if any):Published author,National awards??
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country:India
[] School Type:Huge Private
[] Ethnicity:Indian
[] Gender:Male
[] major strength/weakness:I suppose lots and lots of leadrship and EC’s -it could be a strength or a weakness-maybe it looked like a laundry list to them
[] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred:I really dont know,but am honoured to be wailisted
[/ul]Other Factors: no interview
Had a gut feeling I would be waitlisted and later accepted-hope it comes out to be true!:)

lindseylujh · April 4, 2005, 4:54pm

Decision - Accepted

Check my PR Stats profile (same username) for all the gritty details

campbellsoup · April 4, 2005, 5:02pm

Decision: Accepted!!

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 1590
[] SAT IIs: 800x4
[] GPA: What’s that?
[] Rank:1~2/450
[] Other stats: 1st place in many provincial math contests. Prizes in some other minor contests. Classical ECs (math, chess, volunteering)
[/ul]Subjective:[ list]
[] Essays: Friends say they’re great
[] Teacher Recs: I don’t know the teachers that well…but they shouldn’t be too bad
[] Counselor Rec: Same
[] Hook (if any): none
[/list]Location/Person:[ list]
[] State or Country: Canada
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] major strength/weakness: uh…good at math?/not that impressive ECs (and I don’t play piano or any musical instrument)
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Good grades?[/li][/list]Other Factors: Too happy to think of any

flipchick1127 · April 4, 2005, 5:19pm

Rejected, don’t feel like filling in the other stuff

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